poky/documentation/transitioning-to-a-custom-environment.rst

14    now, as you are starting your own project, it isn't exactly straightforward what
19    that will be part of your project**.
21    things, and adding them to your configuration. (See #3)
23 #. **Set up your board support**.
26    architecture as your custom hardware. Knowing the board already has a
30 #. **Find and acquire the best BSP for your target**.
33    layer index <>` to find and acquire the best BSP for your
35    best place to get your first BSP is from your silicon manufacturer or board
43    (which is reference embedded distribution) and then add your newly chosen
47 #. **Based on the layers you've chosen, make needed changes in your
50    layer. You'll then need to change the value of the :term:`MACHINE` variable in your
64 #. **Create your own layer for the BSP you're going to use**.
67    BSP, :ref:`create your own layer for the BSP <bsp-guide/bsp:creating a new
72    meta-intel remains in your bblayers.conf). Now you can put your custom BSP
73    settings into your layer and you can re-use it for different applications.
75 #. **Write your own recipe to build additional software support that isn't
77    Creating your own recipe is especially important for custom application
78    software that you want to run on your device. Writing new recipes is a
81    software on your target and refine further as needed. See :ref:`Writing a New
87    that you have your own image recipe - don't try appending to existing image
91 #. **Build your image and refine it**.
92    Add what's missing and fix anything that's broken using your knowledge of the
93    :ref:`workflow <sdk-manual/extensible:using \`\`devtool\`\` in your sdk
96 #. **Consider creating your own distribution**.
97    When you get to a certain level of customization, consider creating your own
102    your own distribution in a new layer inheriting from Poky but overriding what
103    needs to change for your distribution. If you find yourself adding a lot of
104    configuration to your local.conf file aside from paths and other typical
105    local settings, it's time to :ref:`consider creating your own distribution
106    <dev-manual/common-tasks:creating your own distribution>`.
113 #. **Congratulations! You're well on your way.**